Craving More”Gilded Age” Dish ? Meet Christine Baranski aka Agnes van Rhijn At The Elms in Newport!

If Newport is on your bucket-list, this may be a sign it’s time to trip to the zip of all things Gilded. 

02840 is a city of many legends. It’s sea-foamed beauty is breathtaking and it’s mansions are mesmerizing.  But, we can’t overlook our fascination with the sizzle of scandals that transcend it’s tonie-code. If only those Cliff-walk rocks could dish!

Photo Credit: HBO “The Gilded Age” Christine Baranski as Agnes van Rhijn

For those of us who binge-watch HBO’s “The Gilded Age” we’re wow’ed by scenes of Newport’s sweeping vistas, grand decors and opulent couture. They’ve become mainstays of the docu-series that, it’s third award-winning season, continues to gain in popularity.

As posh as the period appointments are, between episodes it’s the sting of Agnes van Rhijn’s Uber-WASPY snarkiness we crave like bittersweet candy.

Photo Credit: HBO “The Gilded Age” Christine Baranski as Agnes van Rhijn

Thursday August 7th, at 6:00pm, multi-award winning actress Christine Baranski will be discussing her role as Mrs.van Rhijn, the old-monied widower we love to watch wrestle with nouveau social-codes. Written with a wickedly wry sense of humor by Lord Julian Fellowes, even Baranski’s pursed lips speak volumes.

Boston’s Jared Bowen, host of “The Culture Show” GBH’s daily, radio/podcast, will moderate a conversation with the Julliard trained star at the Elms. There, Ms. Baranski will discuss “The Gilded Age” her appearances in “The Good Wife”, “Nine Perfect Strangers“, “Frasier”  as well as her personal ties to the era.

This sophisticated ‘Summer Cottage’ built in 1901 by Mr and Mrs. Edward Berwind is one of the 7 Newport mansions featured in “The Gilded Age” series and a must-see on any tour of Newport.

Photo Credit :HBO & Newport Mansions

By popular demand, The Newport Mansions have just released a few more hot-tickets for this bucket-list worthy event.  Trudy Coxe, CEO and Executive Director of the Preservation Society of Newport, considers it a rare opportunity to meet the multi-faceted actress at the Elms and learn more of the epic drama.

“She” thinks it’s sure to be one of the highlights of another dishy summer season.

For details visit :Christine Baranski in Conversation: The Gilded Age: and Beyond at www.NewportMasions.org/Events.